Category: Employment & Skills

If you or you are an EU citizen, or have staff who are, you/they may be able to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme to continue living and working in the UK after 30 June 2021. Below is a link to the Government web page that allows staff to check if they …

Young Enterprise is building a connected world of young people, business volunteers and educators, to empower the next generation with the confidence, ability and ambition to succeed in a rapidly changing global economy.

Britain’s manufacturers are calling for an urgent rethink to Government’s Apprenticeship Levy to make access to funding more flexible so that industry can develop the essential skills of the future. The call comes on the back of Make UK’s report An Unlevy Playing Field for Manufacturers, which reveals that 95% …

Recruitment specialists Cooper Golding are running the Manufacturing Talent Survey again this year and are looking to gain a better understanding of the current challenges facing HR and Recruitment professionals within Engineering/Manufacturing and Production sector

As a result, investment by the sector has been paralysed with no evidence that there is pent up demand waiting to be unleashed and, whilst business confidence has held up with the relief of ‘no deal’ being avoided twice it remains below the levels seen ahead of the EU referendum in 2016.

One day programme for 16-24 year olds to develop creators, innovators and makers of the future Aspiring young engineers and apprentices will have the opportunity to learn from their peers and explore topics ranging from artificial intelligence to how they can help solve ecological concerns at an exciting one day …

But low-skilled workers need retraining into better roles to avoid job losses A third of UK manufacturers expect some low skilled jobs to be lost over the next five years as a result of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technologies. But over half of companies (54%) say they will up-skill …

Petroc celebrates multi-million pound collaborative bid success for new Institute of Technology for the South West. A multi-million pound bid to revolutionise digital, engineering and manufacturing technology education across the South West has been successful, it has been announced. The new Institute of Technology will establish a range of new …

Come along on 10th October for this opportunity for #businesses to have their say on what higher level #education and #training provision should be provided to meet the needs of #manufacturers in #NorthDevon.